Assistant Concertmaster
Audition program
Candidates should meet the following minimum requirements for application:
- Bachelor degrее
- A minimum of three years of orchestral experience
FIRST ROUND
– A. Mozart: Violin Concerto (G, A, D major) – I movement with cadenza
Orchestral parts
– L. van Beethoven: Symphony No. 3, III movement (Scherzo)
– R. Strauss: Don Juan
Concertmaster solos
– R. Strauss: Ein Heldenleben
SECOND ROUND
– Violin Concerto of choice: Beethoven / Brahms / Tchaikovsky / Sibelius / Shostakovich / Prokofiev (G minor) – 1st movement with cadenza
Orchestral parts
– J. Brahms: Symphony No. 4
– R. Wagner: Sigfried
Concertmaster solos
– R. Strauss: Le bourgeois gentilhomme
– N. Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade
NOTE: In both the first and second round, the audition committee will be choosing orchestral parts for the candidate to play.